MAA on TV is not all its cut out to be. Granted there are a few exceptions, and I do mean few, they tend to be lacking in the striking, kicking department, short of mounting somebody and pounding them in the head. Not much technique needed to do that. A 6 year old can mount somebody with no training and punch in the same way.

Slap yourself of the back of your neck. If you feel a tingle you are doing it right. If you knock yourself out, well you went a little hard. Now consider how hard you could really hit and you tell me if that is not effective

Well I considered it , and tried it. Maybe it only knocks out people who have never been hit?

I´m truly astonished by the level of disrespect this "Master" shows. In just 2 or 3 mails he stated that people training and competing in MMA are dumb, utterly incompetent, brutal, weak of character, and suicidal.

True Mixed Martial arts is a blending of striking with the arms (all of it), use of legs (toes to knees), grappling (reversing, locking, trapping, pressing (and much more), and felling, a variety of take downs (and you can take somebody down that is already down). Apply all of that with a great amount of practice in blocking and body maneuvers with footwork and you become even more efficient.

Oh, you mean MMA? Because that's exactly what they train, except they train against live opponents, not dance routines.

Originally Posted by Villar-tard

Grandmaster Villari told me and showed me many times that with perfect footwork, you do not need to block.

I guess that's why pro boxing is dominated by Villari students.

Originally Posted by Villar-tard

We have competitions yearly. We also have our internationals tournament every November. There is plenty of contact there, even though control is highly stressed.

How about you enter somebody else's tournament? You may be surprised at the results in a competition where the rules are not written to reward the finest LARPer, but the better athlete.

Originally Posted by Villar-tard

You will find many officers and military use the methods we teach and not what you see on TV. No military or police officer wants to grapple if they can not help it. They do not want to struggle for the gun and try to fend the person off. Even mercenaries don't do the MMA TV stuff. They run by, slit your throat and move on to the next person.

Utter bullshit. The US army's combat system is built around BJJ. It used to be built around Judo. Mercenaries shoot people, as do soldiers. Any hand-to-hand training is primarily a teambuilding exercise anyway. Battles are not decided with fisticuffs. Police, on the other hand, train grappling almost exclusively, as their duty is to restrain suspects, not summarily punish criminals.